tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post4695829478391474778..comments2023-11-15T21:54:30.888-08:00Comments on Greenspeak: Black Out in Madrid!Jeff Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16156559263867246922noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-66662243779107712522010-02-11T03:06:24.116-08:002010-02-11T03:06:24.116-08:00Damn, Jeff, didn't know you came to Spain. And...Damn, Jeff, didn't know you came to Spain. And to El Escorial no less!.<br /><br />Hey, our English may be crap (dubbed movies and not enough English for the kids), but our high schools are far from craptacular. I'd say our education system is way way better than yours, thank you very much. At least I can identify most countries of the world in a map ;)<br /><br />Well, hope you had fun in your visit, next time give some notice and I'll invite you to some wine!.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-20627070939144136782010-01-15T08:36:58.041-08:002010-01-15T08:36:58.041-08:00Something in common with Lady Gaga?
http://news.bb...Something in common with Lady Gaga?<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8461065.stmChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567015809597674271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-89393626118918260642010-01-13T19:31:46.346-08:002010-01-13T19:31:46.346-08:00Had the same exact experience with waking up and s...Had the same exact experience with waking up and seeing heads hover over you. Except it was from taking blood and not dehydration. Turns out when you're 5' 5" and 115 lbs. it's a lot harder to maintain your blood pressure after two or three vials are pulled out of you. Hooray for being very small!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-68422774138471093912010-01-11T08:33:56.879-08:002010-01-11T08:33:56.879-08:00@JSD - ha, PixelJunk@JSD - ha, PixelJunkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-82927139306823333842010-01-09T19:35:11.546-08:002010-01-09T19:35:11.546-08:00Oh, hey Jeff, speaking of Japan. I don't know...Oh, hey Jeff, speaking of Japan. I don't know if you ever heard of these guys: <b>The Blue Hearts.</b> They're pretty much Japan's best punk band. Check them out. <br /><br />In Japan, everything is for show. When I lived there, I would walk up to biker gangs and ask directions somewhere and they would always politely direct me instead punching me out and robbing me. No matter what they dress up as, underneath everyone is still Japanese. But these guys are the real deal. They get into fights. They spit at the cameras. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm1BanWMbRE" rel="nofollow">They perform without pants.</a> And they rock.JSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297982393116624871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-16904767573366771592010-01-09T19:16:35.821-08:002010-01-09T19:16:35.821-08:00Great narrative Jeff. All that novel writing last...Great narrative Jeff. All that novel writing last month has paid off! I'm glad you were fine. The world will mourn your loss when you leave us, so let's make sure that's not for another 50 years or so. Your poor daughter. My kids were too young when I had my operation though my wife was freaked. <br /><br /><b>Aquarius</b> was first made in Japan (its main competitor has the rather unappetizing name <b>Pocari Sweat</b>). It's good stuff. I used to drink it all the time when I lived over there. I'm surprised they sell it in Spain.<br /><br />@Wobbles Yeah, socialized medicine isn't free, but it's a much more effective and efficient and egalitarian way to use healthcare dollars. People use the service earlier and get preventative treatments which are an order of magnitude cheaper than waiting until things are out of hand (like USA). There are no profit-making middle man insurance companies each reinventing the administrative wheel over and over and resulting in an extra surcharge over what gets paid for the actual service. And on and on. It's truly a shame we will never have some form of it here in my lifetime.JSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297982393116624871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-28758020513666482682010-01-08T04:31:17.981-08:002010-01-08T04:31:17.981-08:00Actually "riesgo de caida" or "ries...Actually "riesgo de caida" or "riesgo de caer" is more accurate.<br /><br />don't do it Jeff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-91396676233454119812010-01-06T13:34:56.180-08:002010-01-06T13:34:56.180-08:00Wow, glad you're ok, take it easy man.Wow, glad you're ok, take it easy man.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-36677014014294389042010-01-06T12:04:28.075-08:002010-01-06T12:04:28.075-08:00Damn, I'm going to get a glass of water!
Gl...Damn, I'm going to get a glass of water! <br /><br />Glad you're okay, Jeff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-15689584905553770242010-01-06T11:53:05.287-08:002010-01-06T11:53:05.287-08:00So, in how many countries have you passed out? You...So, in how many countries have you passed out? You missed out on not being admitted to the hospital. You needed the "cáigase riesgo" wristband.<br /><br />Seriously though, glad you're a-okay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-18137156636050730292010-01-05T21:07:02.592-08:002010-01-05T21:07:02.592-08:00I'm glad you're fine, Jeff. Losing the Bla...I'm glad you're fine, Jeff. Losing the Black Dragon would be the worst way to begin the new decade!quaintdesireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999121016214605738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-30088986550970817772010-01-05T20:40:59.976-08:002010-01-05T20:40:59.976-08:00You can only take that much culture in one day. T...You can only take that much culture in one day. Too much cultures = black out.<br /><br />Glad you're okay Black Dragon.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-85565175732325019062010-01-05T19:27:35.955-08:002010-01-05T19:27:35.955-08:00Hey, I've sussed it - you weren't passing ...Hey, I've sussed it - you weren't passing out, you were sleeping with style!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-76935904054235787062010-01-05T18:02:35.466-08:002010-01-05T18:02:35.466-08:00WOOT! WOOT! Fallrisk went out and did it again - b...WOOT! WOOT! Fallrisk went out and did it again - but this time with style, in a museum, right in front of some of the most important paintings in the world!<br /><br />God that was great reading - this is exactly why we love The Greenspeak. <br /><br />More of that please! <br /><br />Jesus, I wish that my life had this much excitement in it. It's not fair. <br /><br />(Honestly, though, I think you're making it harder on yourself by passing out in a museum like that. I mean, that'll be a difficult one to top?)<br /><br />But seriously, Green, do us all a favor and go for a doctor's appointment. You need to get things checked out, just to be sure. <br /><br />The Goose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-46846994139123001972010-01-05T11:03:01.091-08:002010-01-05T11:03:01.091-08:00Glad you are doing okay Jeff. Sounds like a scary...Glad you are doing okay Jeff. Sounds like a scary experience, especially in a country you are just being a tourist in. Although, now you've lived up to the pic on your blog, congrats on being a "fall risk". Is your family making you keep that sign/sticker on while you are out in public now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-8764788947282069512010-01-05T00:57:21.222-08:002010-01-05T00:57:21.222-08:00Between this and your firefighter story, I have tw...Between this and your firefighter story, I have two very different opinions of you.<br /><br />Seriously, though, I'm glad to hear that it wasn't anything too bad. Have a safe trip back to America!Samit Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957253311474667810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-85231870408020548112010-01-04T23:12:49.673-08:002010-01-04T23:12:49.673-08:00Yup. Hydration is important.
I've always had ...Yup. Hydration is important.<br />I've always had low blood pressure and as I've gotten older (and not taken as much care of myself as I should... muscle tone slipping and body fat rising) I've noticed episodes where I'll "dial out" if I rise from lying down too quickly. Eventually I actually passed out but no one saw and I recovered so I shook it off and vowed to get more sleep - hard to do when the sudden rises are due to getting up to tend to an infant!<br /><br />The next time I fainted it was under the same jumping-up-for-kid-after-going-to-bed-too-late circumstances but this time my wife happened to see it and to make matters worse I pitched backwards instead of safely forwards or sideways (onto the bed) and crashed into my night table, tearing the drawer knob right off with my head. I roused a few seconds later with her squealing and wondering why the hell I was on the floor and what the heck was making my head hurt all of a sudden? That one landed me a trip to the doctors office and eventually to a few heart specialists. Thank goodness for socialized medicine!<br /><br />In the end? A storm of a pre-existing arythmia which isn't too big a deal but causes slightly lowered blood pressure (my wife has always hear the uneven thump and now it makes sense!), poor muscle tone in my legs (your vessels are supposed to constrict as you rise to push blood to your torso) and poor hydration.<br /><br />I can't do anything about the arythmia but I'm starting to try to regain my tone. Well, not entirely true about the arythmia... there's a few scary options involving muscle damage to the heart to reroute impulses, but I'm saving that for the day when I have a real problem. Water helps.<br /><br />Keep hydrated folks!Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-7395281874882330362010-01-04T22:09:39.555-08:002010-01-04T22:09:39.555-08:00I almost fainted once myself. Was trying to take t...I almost fainted once myself. Was trying to take the garbage out, and accidentally cut my finger to the bone on one of those metal tin tear-off things from the top of a mixed nuts container. Took one look at the cut and nearly blacked out.<br /><br />Oddly, there was very little blood. Can-mates put a bandaid on me. Walked to the hospital alone. Nurse laughed at me. ... Yeah.. Your story's a lot better.spatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387432311518520706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-27176471159145141202010-01-04T18:48:53.239-08:002010-01-04T18:48:53.239-08:00Half way through the story you had me feeling sick...Half way through the story you had me feeling sick. It seemed like a perfect storm of sickness inducing events. Glad to hear you're fine though.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268961560153663504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-50152851008426887442010-01-04T15:57:34.918-08:002010-01-04T15:57:34.918-08:00Great to hear it was something so simple and not a...Great to hear it was something so simple and not a long term issue you'll have to deal with.<br /><br />Funny thing about hearing stories like this after the fact - and from the person who experienced it - is that it never sounds scary at all to the listener.<br /><br />Reminds me of a sequence in a Samuel Delany story I read, where a woman tells of a terrifying fight for survival, then realizes that the people are understanding it as a heroic triumph over adversary - just because they're hearing it from the survivor.<br /><br />The value is in the way it's told. And your tale is quite entertaining. I especially like the Fodors rating of the museum clinic.<br /><br />Cheers =)Tristessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239243830111958798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-19221011687040573232010-01-04T14:47:22.658-08:002010-01-04T14:47:22.658-08:00Pfft. Socialized medicine isn't free. Haven...Pfft. Socialized medicine isn't free. Haven't you ever taken economics 101?wobbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241173958829054917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-14473322528089316572010-01-04T11:26:48.235-08:002010-01-04T11:26:48.235-08:00Glad your ok, and I have been in a very similar. I...Glad your ok, and I have been in a very similar. I am 6'5, and this has left me with an odd condition were if I sit for a while, and then stand up, and stand still, blood will stop following to my head. The result of this being a faint a few minutes later. Well, this past October I was seeing Josh Radin at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. I had sat down in the balcony area for the starting bands, but for the headliner I moved my way down to the floor space. Then as I'm chatting to the cute girl next to me, my vision suddenly goes, and next thing I know I'v fallen to the floor. Granted I was fine, and after I explained my condition to the manager of the venue, she decided not to call an ambulance. The rest of the concert was great, but the hot chick never talked to me again...Jonathan Crossleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652019949468233588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-30911397403684825292010-01-04T10:41:48.957-08:002010-01-04T10:41:48.957-08:00Almost did the same thing when my 2nd son was born...Almost did the same thing when my 2nd son was born.<br /><br />Nearly fainted. Felt all sick and dizzy and light-headed. <br /><br /> Doc said it wasn't the sight of the baby popping out though.<br /><br />She said it was because I hadn't drank anything and had gotten any sleep before I suddenly stood up for the big moment. Happens all the night. <br /><br />They brought me an orange juice and told me to sit down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-85200613290231219012010-01-04T10:36:50.326-08:002010-01-04T10:36:50.326-08:00Oh you kids and your binge drinking.
Glad you'...Oh you kids and your binge drinking.<br />Glad you're OK, dude. That minute of ambulance footage needs to somehow find itself on the internet, stat!Rafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570140188973300748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-76701949404986909742010-01-04T10:09:54.157-08:002010-01-04T10:09:54.157-08:00Weird, Aquarius is also in Japan. I think it is m...Weird, Aquarius is also in Japan. I think it is made by Coke, but not sold in the US for some strange reason.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826429384381212238noreply@blogger.com